
"In connection with ESRB's advertising guidelines, you are instructed to remove immediately any of our Fallout 3 trailers from your website, pending further notice. Thank you for your attention to this matter," reads the email sent from Bethesda VP of Public Relations and Marketing Pete Hines.
Joystiq has contacted Bethesda for more information but you're probably on your way to the store right now -- if Fallout 3 appeals to you that is -- so, does it even matter?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-28-2008 @ 10:10AM
amart said...
Well ya, what does it matter unless your new to the series and are interested in seeing some gameplay footage before you invest 70$ into said game. Verrrry Shifty indeed.
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10-28-2008 @ 10:21AM
Tony said...
Well if it's an ESRB issue, maybe some of them don't have that proper warning before them?
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10-28-2008 @ 10:48AM
Serio said...
It's not coming out here untill Thursday, but that's just odd. I think it's because the rating was changed from Teen(16+) to Mature(18+), but the trailers tate that it's a Teen.
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10-28-2008 @ 10:49AM
aversa4 said...
Well unless your in Jersey like me and its freaking snowing. Therefore the videos are all I have of the game until it stops and I can drive to Gamestop to get my copy. Or i could just keep playing Gears like I have been in anticipation of Gears 2.
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10-28-2008 @ 11:49AM
iveo said...
The beauty of amazon! The game should be on my door step by the time I get home from work.
10-28-2008 @ 12:40PM
psychedelicpaintbrush said...
lol, tell me where your doorstep is and I'll check on it for you.
10-28-2008 @ 1:14PM
psychohog said...
Don't trust him to check on it for you. ^ I can check for you though if you email me your address and the names of your children and the schools that they attend.
10-28-2008 @ 1:05PM
shawn said...
you guys wanna see trailers where they wont be pulled go to http://www.gamingunlimitedtv.com/videoshare
as a matter of fact im sure someone will post fallout 3 over there i find it funny that there wanting these pulled,they cant stop everyone from putting it up its too late there are 1000s of people that upload things
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10-28-2008 @ 9:22PM
Narcogen said...
I love how the notice is worded to suggest that fan sites and media sites are obligated by ESRB guidelines. They are not. The publishers are. The publishers are obligated to remove materials from the channel if they misrepresent the game's ratings. The media are under no such obligation.
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10-31-2008 @ 12:11AM
afuturepete said...
My opinion is that this event, like the posters in the Metro station, and like hot-coffee, etc, are all super cheap marketing campaigns which are only possible now because of gaming news blogs that report on everything that happens in the industry.
Head scratcher? Yes. But the more you try to figure it out, the more you are thinking about their product, and the more likely you are to send your friend a link to the story.
Smells like BS. Anyone else think that?
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